"To the making of 'Porzia' Mr. Rice has summoned all the resources of his dramatic skill. On the constructive side it is particularly strong.... The opening scene is certainly one of the happiest Mr. Rice has written, while the climaxing third act is a brilliant piece of character study.... The play is rich in poetry;... in it Mr. Rice has scored another success ... in a field where work of permanent value is rarely achieved." _Albert S. Henry (The Book News Monthly)._
"Mr. Rice apes neither the high-flown style of the Elizabethans, nor the turgid and cryptic style of Browning.... 'Porzia' should attract the praise of all who wish to see real literature written in this country again." _The Covington (Ky.) Post._
"The complete mastery of technique, the dignity and dramatic force of the characters, the beauty of the language and clear directness of the style together with the vivid imagination needed to portray so strikingly the renaissance spirit and atmosphere, make the work one that should last." _The Springfield (Mass.) Homestead._
"It is not unjust to say that Cale Young Rice holds in America the position that Stephen Phillips holds in England." _The Scotsman (Edinburgh)._
"Had no other poetic drama than this been written in America, there would be hope for the future of poetry on the stage." _John G. Neihardt (The Minneapolis Journal)._
"The countrymen of Cale Young Rice apparently regard him as the equal of the great American poets of the past. _Far Quests_ is good unquestionably. It shows a wide range of thought, and sympathy, and real skill in workmanship, while occasionally it rises to heights of simplicity and truth, that suggest such inspiration as should mean lasting fame."--_The Daily Telegraph (London)._
"Mr. Rice's lyrics are deeply impressive. A large number are complete and full-blooded works of art."--_Prof. Wm. Lyon Phelps (Yale University)._
"_Far Quests_ contains much beautiful work--the work of a real poet in imagination and achievement."--_Prof. J. W. Mackail (Oxford University)._
"Mr. Rice is determined to get away from local or national limitations and be at whatever cost universal.... These poems are always animated by a force and freshness of feeling rare in work of such high virtuosity."--_The Scotsman (Edinburgh)._